Hi Kevin,

I just finished a round of trying a lot of boards and checking
them out. Now I've got a handful to work with. The reason I'm
saying that now, is that I'm not sure how it works to answer
from a different place than I posted. Probably no problem
except the Fido delay.


Kevin Klement wrote to Ole Juul:
KK> Howdy from Calgary CA.
I came by there about 50 years ago. lol We're not that far
apart though.

KK> I've been running a MS-DOS bbs since 1988, and still am. :)

Roughly the same here.

KK> I use Internet REX (IO) and a USR v90 (POTS) to move fido data around. My 
KK> setup works good. I also use Microsoft Client - Full Redirector. A 
KK> Microsoft
KK> Network Client for MS-DOS to connect to my Win server.
KK> 
KK> I call my MS-DOS box my retro time killer.

Interesting. I don't understand the setup. Perhaps because I have
no MS-Windows knowledge. Would you care to explain a little?

The way I do it is load a driver for my card and then everything
talks directly to it. I run quite a few tcp/ip programs. Even
though I have a couple of much more powerful *.nix machines
at my fingertips, I like the directness of DOS - not to mention
that such small code runs faster than instant on a P133. 

Do you browse in DOS? I used to with Lynx but find it tiresome
and that's what the newer computers are for. I just finished
another blog entry about my new BBS adventure. It's at
http://voxigo.wordpress.com and (I checked) it reads beautifully
on a text browser.

Cheers,
         Ole



    Greetings, Ole Juul

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